From the Archives

This Week in History ~ 50 Years Ago ~ “Scotty’s Cafe, US95, on the North Hill, re-opened Friday.” In 1967, Bessie Washburn MacDonald married Warren Scott. They opened Scotty’s Café on the Northside. It was located on the strip of

We have been inventorying the paper items in the Museum. Do you know how MANY there are?? Whew! This was found the other day: a piece of stationary from “The Jolly Jack Rabbit Gift Shop.” Much discussion happened about the

This 1910 photo from the Kent Collection is labeled “Picnic Time.”

July 19, 1926, a special eighteen car Great Northern Railway train, called the Columbia River Historical Expedition, stopped at the depot in Bonners Ferry. The expedition began in Chicago four days earlier and finally ended in Astoria ten days later.

In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. Young girls would have a themed doll party; a delightful, vintage celebration that

Reminder ~ Tonight, July 2 is the Community Read ~ 1776 by David McCullough. Join Paul Bonnell as he leads the book discussion in the Boundary County Museum (Portrait Hall) at 6:00pm. Second Reminder ~ Join Boundary County officials Wednesday,

Did you read “This Week in History ~ 100 Years Ago”? “Captain Roald Amundsen and Lieutenant Lincoln Ellsworth, leaders of the recent polar expedition stopped briefly in Bonners Ferry.” In 1926, Captain Roald Amundsen and Lieutenant Lincoln Ellsworth, along with

This Bob Meeker photo was taken June 18, 1933. It shows a broken dike along the Kootenai River in Drainage District #4. District #4 was organized in 1926. It contains 2,705 acres in the Copeland area.

Summer Time Fun – Eating Watermelon and maybe having a seed spitting contest? Taken in the early 1900s, Howard Kent, Sr. (Howie’s Dad) with Friends.

As the United States of America celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking America’s Semiquincentennial, we have a unique opportunity to reflect upon our beginnings as a nation. The “Moments That Made US” exhibit